UGOCHUKWU EJINKEONYE
LAGOS, Nigeria Email: scruples2006@yahoo.com UGOCHUKWU EJINKEONYE'S PUBLISHED ARTICLES ON VARIOUS LITERARY, POLITICAL AND SOCIAL TOPICS, HAVE ENJOYED WIDESPREAD CRITICAL ACCLAIM IN HIS COUNTRY, NIGERIA, AND ABROAD. HE HAS ALSO WRITTEN A NUMBER OF POEMS AND SHORT FICTION, THOUGH SOME OF THEM HAVE NOT BEEN PUBLISHED.
EJINKEONYE WAS BORN IN UMUAKA, IMO STATE, NIGERIA, AND WAS EDUCATED AT THE UNIVERSITIES OF PORT HARCOURT AND ILORIN WHERE HE TOOK DEGREES IN ENGLISH AND LITERATURE IN ENGLISH. AT THE UNIVERISTY OF PORT HARCOURT WHERE HE EMERGED THE BEST GRADUATING STUDENT OF HIS CLASS, HE EDITED UNIPORT MIRROR, A MAGAZINE PUBLISHED BY THE UNIVERSITY. PRESENTLY, EJINKEONYE IS ON THE EDITORIAL BOARD OF Daily Independent (www.independentng.com, A NATIONAL NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN LAGOS, NIGERIA. HE WRITES A WELL READ WEEKLY COLUMN (SCRUPLES) ON THE BACK PAGE OF THE PAPER EVERY WEDNESDAY. HIS ARTICLES HAVE EQUALLY APPEARED ON SEVERAL INTERNET MEDIA SITES. Interests: AFRICAN, CARIBBEAN, AFRO-AMERICAN LITERATURE. AFRO-CENTRIC THOUGHT AND CRITICIISM. ADVOCACY FOR DEMOCRACY AND GOOD GOVERNANCE
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